Tales-from-the-Crypt
Who am I?
- Stefan Daugaard Poulsen
- Aarhus, Denmark
- AP in computer science
- Jack of many trades at ditmer a/s
Where am I?
Ring
- A wearable input device
- Sounds as awesome as
- Siri
- Cortana
- Hey Google
IoT
Greatest invention ever
...since 1999
Presumably by Kevin Ashton
What is IoT?
Alot of talking
No walking
The good
Formula1
160+ (reports of 200+) sensors
...bit far out of our budget
Smart surgery
Issues
- Loosing tools
- Loosing sponges
Rewards?
- Saving lives
Item tracking
...even way before the OR
...so everything is verified
Diapers are cheap
...changing them aren't
Danish municipality
- ~45.000 citizens
- Proof of Concept for 3 months
Spendings
- € 200.000 spend on diapers a year
- 10x that amount spend on changing them
Outcome
- € 0,25 per sensor
- € 8,5 saved per day per citizen
- Better life quality
- Less heavy lifts
- More quality care time
Smart metering
Baltimore stadium
- Cut electricity usage
- From 16 million kWh
- To 11 million kWh
- ...in a few years
Is it new?
No!
I used to work with something like this back in 2006
Smart city lights
Features
- Weather dependant light
- Tracking polution
- Detecting heavy traffic
- Range extender for other appliances
- ...and much more
Fitness trackers
Currently we see alot of wearable but we will see ingestibles
Tracks what?
- Exercise
- Heartrate
- Fluid intake
- Sleep
- Calorie intake
- Weight
Helps you
- Keep an eye out for bad decisions
- Helps you gamify exercise
Which one
The one that fits you
...but some have issues
...like everything else in IoT
Traits
- Affordable
- Good business cases
- Solves a problem
- Making the world a better place
The bad
LIFX
- A lightbulb
- Color control
- Some integrations
It's just a kettle
...with WiFi
Why does a kettle need WiFi?
...and if it does then make it secure!!!
Kuvee
The "intelligent" winebottle
Washing machine
Take control anywhere, Smart Control lets you remotely control and monitor your washing from anywhere using a smartphone App.
You can instantly start or pause it and monitor cycle selections, remaining time and finishing alerts.
Traits
- Halfbaked
- Dodgy on privacy
- If even mentioned
- Vendorlock
- Not really solving anything
The ugly
BOx
BOx
the world’s first smart bottle opener.
An unique ergonomic design that will give a new dimension to your drinking experience.
Open your bottle with a single hand and let BOx share the experience with your friends.
What?
- Untappd is gamifying beer drinking already
- ...but it's ergonomic!
Smarttress
If your partner isn't faithful,
at least your mattress is
Trust
You can not solve trust issues with technology
Traits
- Solving a people problem with tech
- Probably overly expensive
- Definately not solving a problem
How will you do it?
- Digitize
- Analyze
- Optimize
Be a prototyper
but accept that you aren't
an electrical engineer
...and remember your responsibility
Don't give in on pricacy and security
Questions?
BY CYBERZED
@cyberzeddk
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